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Public Speaking Worksheet: Speech Structure

Public speaking lesson 11: Opening, body and closing · Set 889 · 40 questions
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Speaker's tip (Tell, explain, remind): Opening: greeting, hook, topic, a preview of the points. Body: the main points (about 2 or 3 in a short speech), each with an example or a reason. Closing: a summary, the call to action, thanks and a memorable last line.

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  1. 1.🧱 In which part of a speech does a story proving a point belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  2. 2.🧱 How many main points suit a 3-minute school speech? (a) about 50 (b) about 20 (c) none at all (d) about 2 or 3
  3. 3.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) reasons for your idea (b) a preview of the points (c) a story proving a point (d) a summary of the points
  4. 4.🧱 Each main point in the body should have… (a) an example or a reason (b) a goodbye (c) nothing else (d) a new topic
  5. 5.🧱 In which part of a speech does the main points belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the memorable last line (b) the call to action (c) a summary of the points (d) the main points
  7. 7.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) a preview of the points (b) thanking the audience (c) the call to action (d) the memorable last line
  8. 8.🧱 In which part of a speech does a summary of the points belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  9. 9.🧱 Which part of a speech is usually the longest? (a) the opening (b) the closing (c) the body
  10. 10.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: reasons for your idea or greeting the audience? (a) reasons for your idea (b) greeting the audience
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) facts and examples (c) the memorable last line (d) the main points
  12. 12.Which of these belongs in the opening? (a) reasons for your idea (b) the call to action (c) thanking the audience (d) the attention hook
  13. 13.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) introducing the topic (b) the attention hook (c) the call to action (d) facts and examples
  14. 14.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: introducing the topic or reasons for your idea? (a) introducing the topic (b) reasons for your idea
  15. 15.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: greeting the audience or thanking the audience? (a) greeting the audience (b) thanking the audience
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) greeting the audience (c) the attention hook (d) introducing the topic
  17. 17.🧱 In which part of a speech does thanking the audience belong? (a) the opening (b) the body (c) the closing
  18. 18.🧱 In which part of a speech does the call to action belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  19. 19.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a story proving a point? (a) thanking the audience (b) a story proving a point
  20. 20.🧱 In which part of a speech does the attention hook belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience (c) reasons for your idea (d) facts and examples
  22. 22.Which of these belongs in the closing? (a) introducing the topic (b) the main points (c) a story proving a point (d) thanking the audience
  23. 23.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or facts and examples? (a) a summary of the points (b) facts and examples
  24. 24.🧱 What is the right order of a speech? (a) body, closing, opening (b) opening, closing, body (c) closing, opening, body (d) opening, body, closing
  25. 25.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a story proving a point or thanking the audience? (a) a story proving a point (b) thanking the audience
  26. 26.🧱 In which part of a speech does introducing the topic belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  27. 27.🧱 In which part of a speech does a preview of the points belong? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the opening
  28. 28.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or greeting the audience? (a) the main points (b) greeting the audience
  29. 29.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or greeting the audience? (a) thanking the audience (b) greeting the audience
  30. 30.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the main points or a summary of the points? (a) the main points (b) a summary of the points
  31. 31.🧱 In which part of a speech does reasons for your idea belong? (a) the body (b) the opening (c) the closing
  32. 32.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: the call to action or greeting the audience? (a) the call to action (b) greeting the audience
  33. 33.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: thanking the audience or a preview of the points? (a) thanking the audience (b) a preview of the points
  34. 34.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or the attention hook? (a) a summary of the points (b) the attention hook
  35. 35.🧱 In which part of a speech does facts and examples belong? (a) the closing (b) the opening (c) the body
  36. 36.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: facts and examples or thanking the audience? (a) facts and examples (b) thanking the audience
  37. 37.🧱 In which part of a speech does the memorable last line belong? (a) the closing (b) the body (c) the opening
  38. 38.🧱 Which comes first in a speech: a summary of the points or reasons for your idea? (a) a summary of the points (b) reasons for your idea
  39. 39.Which of these belongs in the body? (a) the main points (b) the attention hook (c) the memorable last line (d) a preview of the points
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) reasons for your idea (b) introducing the topic (c) greeting the audience (d) a preview of the points

Answer key

  1. the body
  2. about 2 or 3
  3. a summary of the points
  4. an example or a reason
  5. the body
  6. the main points
  7. a preview of the points
  8. the closing
  9. the body
  10. greeting the audience
  11. the memorable last line
  12. the attention hook
  13. facts and examples
  14. introducing the topic
  15. greeting the audience
  16. a story proving a point
  17. the closing
  18. the closing
  19. a story proving a point
  20. the opening
  21. thanking the audience
  22. thanking the audience
  23. facts and examples
  24. opening, body, closing
  25. a story proving a point
  26. the opening
  27. the opening
  28. greeting the audience
  29. greeting the audience
  30. the main points
  31. the body
  32. greeting the audience
  33. a preview of the points
  34. the attention hook
  35. the body
  36. facts and examples
  37. the closing
  38. reasons for your idea
  39. the main points
  40. reasons for your idea

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